communicating in a cross cultural work environment

... orientation, as suggesting a precautionary approach Thus, in the Mahabharata Krishna advises to “act like a person in fear before the cause of fear actually presents itself” (The Mahabharata, 1975, ... virtually ubiquitous In the Bhagavadgita, Krishna states, “I am the same to all beings? ?In a Brahma…and an outcast, the wise see the same thing” (The Bhagavadgita, 1973, 9:29 and 32) Similar statements ... of intra- and interreligious dialogues, because they already reflect a certain cross- cultural agreement A prominent example would be the “Declaration Toward a Global Ethic” signed at the Parliament

Ngày tải lên: 03/01/2018, 17:48

... still a controversial topic which attracts people’s interest. The aims of this graduation paper are to investigate the ways in which metaphor and simile are used in English and Vietnamese idioms and ... idioms because they play a very important role in reflecting customs, cultural traditions, history of a nation. According to Long Man, Idioms Dictionary, idioms appear in every language both in written ... school and university. During the course of learning English, we have chances to deal with many aspects of English language. In that, we are really interested in its linguistic field, particularly

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 00:41

... unique abilities of communicating through a native language clearly separate humans from all animals In 1994, in Time magazine, an article appeared titled „How man began‟ Within that article was ... telecommunications, and the appearance of communicative approaches in language teaching and learning, the study of speech acts in communication appears inevitable The last few decades have witnessed a ... appropriate use of silence/pauses and TFs is considerably important in communication and communicative language teaching/learning Cross- cultural interactants and language learners should be aware

Ngày tải lên: 02/03/2015, 14:20

... were being attacked and tortured by a sharp pain in their intestines and in their livers, as indicated in (9) and (10). This gives rise to the conceptual metaphor SADNESS IS PAIN: (9) a. đau ... these metaphors are different in the sense that they are all idioms), a presentation of metaphorical conceptualizations of SADNESS in Vietnamese, cross- linguistic and cross- cultural analysis ... idioms (70 idioms in English; 89 in Vietnamese). According to Kövecses ([15]), conceptual metaphors participate in yielding cross- cultural variation. For example, a language may have N.V. Trào

Ngày tải lên: 24/06/2015, 08:16

... life and have certain cultural characteristics also appear in idioms. Idiomatic expressions containing numbers bring about interesting diverse meanings to our utterances and writings. Personally, ... and again - Pairs of verbs: chop and change, sink or swim, live and learn - Identical pairs:... of meaning and grammar We will have a look at the certain situation to understand clearly ... world's radio stations broadcast in English and more than half of the world's periodicals are printed in English. It is also the English language that is used as an official language in

Ngày tải lên: 17/07/2015, 10:57

... American. .. important in communication and communicative language teaching/learning Cross- cultural interactants and language learners should be aware of cross- cultural differences in ... from all animals. In 1994, in Time magazine, an article appeared titled ‘How man began’. Within that article was the following bold assertion: ‚No single, essential difference separates human ... contains much of the information we need to participate, and because we can form relationships fairly soon, and because the important thing is accomplishing a task rather than feeling our way into

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:46

... TRAN HOAI NINH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI OPEN UNIVERSITY M .A THESIS ENGLISH LINGUIAGE A CROSS- CULTURAL STUDY ON CRITICIZING IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE (NGHIÊN CỨU VỀ GIAO THOA VĂN ... Inter -cultural Communication at Work: Cultural values in Discourse Cambridge: CUP Cohen, A (1987) Using verbal reports in research on language learning In Cohen, A (1996) Developing pragmatic ability to ... Banks, J .A. , Banks & McGee, C .A (1989) Multicultural Education Needham Heights, M .A: Allyn & Bacon Bell, R T (1991) Translation and Translating: Theory and Practice Harlow: Longman Brown, G and

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2018, 22:32

... with inferior in position to denote respect and informality Graph Graph 1: Ways of shaking hands Tables Table 1: Addressing in a new class Table 2: Addressing at a party Table 3: Addressing in a ... a formal meeting Table 4: Ways of addressing a friend Table 5: Ways of addressing a superior in age and position Table 6: Ways of addressing an inferior in age and position Table 7: Choosing topics ... studies can be done about the following topics: - Cross- cultural study on making invitations - Cross- cultural study on expressing gratitude - Cross- cultural study on making acquaintance - Cross- cultural

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2019, 14:19

... Similarities and differences in politeness strategies used in American and Vietnamese magazine advertisements 99 Table 4.1 Advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine ... politeness strategies in advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements The data for this study consist of 310 magazine advertisements collected within a period ... strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements 83 Table 3.4 Bald-on record strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements .90 Table

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2020, 14:31

... Similarities and differences in politeness strategies used in American and Vietnamese magazine advertisements 99 Table 4.1 Advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine ... politeness strategies in advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements The data for this study consist of 310 magazine advertisements collected within a period ... strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements 83 Table 3.4 Bald-on record strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements .90 Table

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2020, 21:09

... unique abilities of communicating through a native language clearly separate humans from all animals In 1994, in Time magazine, an article appeared titled „How man began‟ Within that article was ... telecommunications, and the appearance of communicative approaches in language teaching and learning, the study of speech acts in communication appears inevitable The last few decades have witnessed a ... appropriate use of silence/pauses and TFs is considerably important in communication and communicative language teaching/learning Cross- cultural interactants and language learners should be aware

Ngày tải lên: 23/09/2020, 22:28

... need acquire the linguistic system as well as aware of the cultural dimension of that language In our country in the last few years, teaching and learning foreign languages in general and teaching ... language classroom Proper preparation is a key as in all language teaching preparation There are certain points to consider before using humour in foreign language classroom The following points ... differences in the way Vietnamese and English people telling a joke in their own language and culture - To contribute to increasing cross - cultural awareness among foreign language teachers and learners

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2020, 12:21

... Research questions 26 3.2 Research approach 26 3.3 Research method 26 3.4 Research data 27 3.5 Data collection 28 iv 3.6 Data analysis method 29 3.7 Analytical framework 30 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ... comparative and contrastive methods The findings indicate that both low and high power distance are manifested in the use of the four hedge categories, including modal, performative, pragmatic-marker ... for pragmatics and discourse analysis In Markkanen, R., & Schröder, H (Eds.) Hedging and discourse: approaches to the analysis of a pragmatic phenomenon in academic texts (3-18) 28 Markkanen,

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2020, 12:22

... Addressee Australian native speaker Brown and Levinson Cross- cultural Cross- cultural pragmatics Social Distance Discourse completion task/test Face Threatening Act Hearer Interlanguage Interlanguage ... (1991) Crosscultural pragmatics – the semantics of human interaction, (3) Kasper & BlumKulka’s (1993) Interlanguage pragmatics, (4) Trosborg’s (1995) Interlanguage pragmatics – requests, complaints ... 4.12: Realization of 12 subgroups of disagreeing strategies in situation 13 181 XIV PART A: INTRODUCTION Rationale In the process of globalization, English has played an increasingly important role

Ngày tải lên: 30/09/2020, 12:52

... Similarities and differences in politeness strategies used in American and Vietnamese magazine advertisements 99 Table 4.1 Advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine ... politeness strategies in advertising appeals in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements The data for this study consist of 310 magazine advertisements collected within a period ... strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements 83 Table 3.4 Bald-on record strategies in American and Vietnamese commercial magazine advertisements 90 Table

Ngày tải lên: 08/11/2020, 12:05

... were designed based on learning and teaching materials “Powerbase” and applied as an experimental research aiming at developing cross- cultural awareness for the first-year students at NEU. The ... understanding, helped to develop their language knowledge (grammar and vocabulary), language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) and working skills (individually, pair -work, group -work, ... the language being used in a situation and then go on to gain an understanding of the cultural factors at work, this is for them one of the most absorbing and exciting parts of any language...

Ngày tải lên: 29/01/2014, 10:33

... Fatema Hasan Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Medical College, Aurangabad, Maharastra, India, 431003  Correspondence to: Hunaid Hasan or Tasneem Fatema Hasan, “Ezzi Manzil”, CTS No. 3910, Near Bombay Mercantile ... 3910, Near Bombay Mercantile Bank, Beside Amodi Complex, City Chowk, Juna Bazaar, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India 431001. Email: hunaidhasan@hotmail.com or zainabhasan52@hotmail.com. Phone: +91-240-234-8673/ ... “laughter history” in to clinical practice. Tasneem Fatema Hasan, is currently pursing her final year of medicine at Mahatma Gandhi Mission’s Medical College-Maharashtra University of Health...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 09:57

... look at adding a maintainer. This is where we get into really wrapping the PPaacckkaaggeeFFiilleeMMaannaaggeerr class into our GTK application. A maintainer is someone who contributes to a PEAR package. ... ddoocc directory that contains rather detailed infor- mation about the package. Thankfully, the package can be used in a straightforward manner. Again, it’s just a matter of taking the right steps in the ... this by adding a method called __ccrreeaatteeAAddddMMaaiinnttaaiinneerrPPaaggee(()) . This method will create our information-gathering widgets, plus add a way for us to get the information to...

Ngày tải lên: 11/12/2013, 02:15

... same code over and over again. I came across the same problem when trying to create PEAR package files—the PPEEAARR__PPaacckkaaggeeFFiilleeMMaannaaggeerr class makes creating PEAR ppaacckkaaggee ... look at adding a maintainer. This is where we get into really wrapping the PPaacckkaaggeeFFiilleeMMaannaaggeerr class into our GTK application. A maintainer is someone who contributes to a PEAR package. ... methods of the class give a good indication as to what your application should be doing. The PPEEAARR__PPaacckkaaggeeFFiilleeMMaannaaggeerr class, for example, has an aaddddMMaaiinnttaaiinneerr(()) method....

Ngày tải lên: 17/01/2014, 18:20

... is in the making, as the internationalization of the 'appearances are everything' industry with its glamour and style stereotypes invades and pervades cyberspace, roadside hoardings, ... game of beautification, attract stigma and discrimination, society's revenge on Nature's 'aesthetically challenged'. What might be called a global 'beauty caste' ... especially for Spanish participants, whereas there is a negative link with Romanians, who also show a weaker link with Body and Beauty compared Italian and Spanish participants. The second phase...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 17:20